By A Staff Reporter
Kathmandu, Nov. 3: As most schools across the country have resumed classes in physical presence of both students and teachers for a month now, after remaining closed for months because of COVID-19, teachers have experienced that the students are excited to come to school. At the same time, they have realised that closure of schools for a long time has made their students lazy.
Many schools across the country have already resumed in-person classes after the government allowed them to do so. However, some schools are still continuing virtual classes.

Teachers said that many students were not giving attention to their study. They have even forgotten previously learned contents, Sudarshan Kattel, headmaster of Bhakta Bidyashram, Ratna Kali, Kathmandu, said.
Students were not in direct observation of teachers for months, therefore, they were not serious about their study, said Kattel. He further said many junior-level students have forgotten basic reading and writing. Students were upgraded to senior classes from internal evaluation and even in the examinations they might have copied the answers from books, he said.

However, Kattel is hopeful that everything will be normal within a few weeks. A total of 200 students are studying at Ratna Kali.
Mohan Bahadur Basnet, headmaster of Paropakar Aadarsha School of Kathmandu, admitted such weaknesses among students, and said such a situation would be over soon. Basnet said new environment would adjust the children.

This problem is seen not only in the Kathmandu Valley. According to Our Humla Correspondent, students up to class three in many schools of the district started learning Ka, Kha, Ga, the basic Nepali alphabets, as they forgot all during the closure of schools.
Meanwhile in Kathmandu, still many schools are not resuming classes physically. The schools whose virtual classes proved effective are continuing their classes virtually now whereas those whose were not, have resumed in-person classes.

Renowned community and private schools are still continuing their virtual classes with a plan to resume physical classes only after Tihar vacation.
Narayan Gautam, headmaster of Padmodaya Secondary School, Kathmandu, said they were continuing their virtual classes and have decided to open schools physically only after Chhath festival. They decided so because many of their students are still outside the Kathmandu Valley to celebrate the festivals at their home. According to Gautam, 80 per cent students are participating in their virtual classes.

Like, Padmodaya Secondary Schools, Vishwo Niketan Secondary School, Gyanodaya Secondary School and Padma Kanya Secondary schools of Kathmandu are continuing their classes virtually. Similarly, many private schools of the valley are also preparing to run in-person classes only after Tihar.